Rising costs pose threat to independent film-making in UK, says BFI

Indie productions struggling to compete with well-financed, studio-backed projects, research shows

There are serious questions about the long-term viability of independent film-making in Britain, the British Film Institute (BFI) has said.

Making Oscar-winning films such as The King's Speech and Slumdog Millionaire has become all the more difficult, with significant challenges" putting the sector on a downward trend, research shows.